Figuring out the best plants for a butterfly garden is more than merely a desirable way to add charm, color and diversity to the plot. These days, keeping our gardens filled with butterflies should be ...

Every butterfly gardener delights when showy swallowtail butterflies make an appearance. These butterflies are some of the largest in the garden, and their colorful wings and soaring flight patterns ...

Butterflies fluttering about make your outdoor living space feel extra charming. Not only is it a delight to marvel at their colorful, patterned wings as they land in your garden, but, just like bees ...

If someone took 75% of your food away, you wouldn't be a happy camper. But when you grow invasive butterfly bushes and other plants that provide only nectar, that's what you're doing to birds and ...

When we think about butterfly host plants, milkweed probably comes to mind. That’s because the monarch butterfly relies on this plant to complete its life cycle. Just like human babies need very ...

Butterfly garden ideas include nectar and host plants, water access, and pest-minimising practices to attract and support butterflies in your yard.

CHASKA, Minn. — Alan Branhagen is a butterfly expert, in addition to the operations director at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. LAURA: So Alan, when we are talking host plants for ...

While butterflies will visit lots of different flowers, there are some that actually draw them. This can be for several reasons. Most commonly, there are some plants, such as dill, or milkweed, that ...

The annual Native Plant Day returns to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo on Saturday, Jan. 31. Nursery volunteers from Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock will have an information booth ...

Butterflies are a canvas of splendor. Often symbolic of hope, change, renewal, and joy, over 160 species can be found in the Peach State according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Fairbanks Ranch resident Lola Langner is doing her part to help conserve the monarch butterfly population, encouraging her neighbors in Rancho Santa Fe and beyond to turn their yards into a friendly ...